Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-26

The oil fever which afflicted half the peo-
pie of Ohio two decades ago. was nothing
compared with the intense interes' IN the
subject OF natural gas which now animates
almost every community in Ohio. The cor
respondence columns of the Cincinnati
dailies fairly groan with items from every
town in Ohio telling of the efforts 10 lind
this priceless fuel. Where there Is no pros
pect of striking gas. companies are being
formed TO pipe it from the nearest point
where ii has been discovered in
abundance The reason why the interest
in this subject is 50 widespread is that in
addition To the fact that the striking of a
big vein of matt G-al gas means fortune to
the owner of the well, il means cheaper and
more convenient fuel 10 every manufacturer
or householder in the vicinity. Hundreds
OF wells have been bored in Ohio
during III" past two years.
and hundreds more will be bored
in the near future The formation at
Cincinnati of a company to lay pipes for
supplying natural gas TO Springfield, Day
ton and other towns WAS announced last
,,,,. 1, ,-aar I'm, ,o,,, ~ Mill n.
melting iron and frying beefsteak with
natural gas. In a few years from the pres
ent we will no more be able 10 do without
it than the telephone.
Natural gas mas ihna'eo fihalay almost
rs rapidly as a small boy blows his red toy
balloon TO the size OF his head. The pres
sure ot tn. small boy's balloon finds relief
in an-exasparating s1ueak The pressure
Of the Fipalav haIInon finds raIief in nm
limited hragging about the growth and fu-
ture nr,sn,srts of the city Tie CONNER
rioI Gozctte had oni,e a long sneciaI from
E;ndIav I.st waal falling of bar wondarfuI
,ro,,,tb SINCE tb., .dyap, os natural y.s II
Ess sliced that the manufac,nrinS indps-
tries had taken n wild onward rush. that
ra.I estate is dnnhIing in va,ns and that
the town is booming ike a western village
strpck Simultaneously by four railroads
An these wonders had been caused by nat
uraI gas so il was alleged II will doubt-
loss n. a matter of deem grief IN moor little
EinSlay If tho wonderful gas is mined all
over the state
To some persons il seems a risky specu-
lation for any company to Law pi,~s forty or
fifty miles from The gas fields 10 Springfield.
from the danger of the supnIies of natural
gas becoming exhausted In case this
shopId hapnen II is nrobabIe that the nipes
would he nsed 10 convey gas for fuel. man
ufactured in the mining districts of Ohio.
which. from the great saving in freight
through not having 10 haul the coal, could
be supplied at a remarkably low price
Mr.. VIM. Peel is .Ip Paradise accord
ing 10 a letter publiShed in the Cleveland
PIujn Dealer. in which the San Diego.
California vicinity i, described under the
heading of .sIn Paradise The newspa-
per letter saws.
There are a great many
ONO People
settling in this valley. among the number
MIR. A w. Gilbert formerly of Cincinnati
who has purchased a ranch and set our forty
acres of raisiu cranes His ranch is one of
the finest in the valley and situated about a
mile from the village of FL Caion. in one
of the most fertile snotS in the valley Mr.
William Peel of SprrngfeId o. has re-
Gently purchased a farm and is making
preparations IN imnroye il the coming
of fruit trees. also coo English walnut trees,
and. by the way. this is the country for
English walnuts. and they pay well. eight
year-oid trees producing $50 pounds to the
tree, and they bring !! cents per pound on
board the cars. This valley is compare
lively a new one, and was formerly owned
principally by one party from whom the
Pacific coast land bureau purchased it about
one year ago and placed il on the market in
small tracts at prices ranging from $50 to
$3.50 per acre. They have sold off consid-
OF the best land.
MT. Feel always was lucky, ana there Is
little doubt that he has struck II rich In this
California land His land cost nm about
Ss5 per acre ana Is OF the finest vineyard
and orange producing iand IN California IL
may be in the nature of surprise 10 some |
persons TO know that some OF the California
vineyard land Is worth el,oOo per acre A
newspaper correspondent at San Diego, /
where Mr.. Peel bought his land, says: Il
consider tins valley equal, if not better, |
than riverside Tor orange culture. and |
property in Riverside is worth from $500 to
$1,000 per acre. IL is extremely likely
that MI Peel .!and VIII De worth e2OO,0OO
within a lew wears
THE Doctor of Alcantara." which will
soon be prodIced in Springfield by leading
amateurs. is a very pleasing composition.
and is of Just the proper grade of difficulty
to admit of being well produced by anyone
else than professional opera singers. The
Cincinnati opera company. composed of the
leading professionals and amateurs of Gin
cinnati, never attempts any heavy opera.
but confines itself to the lghtest compost
tons in the operate world. The result is
that what is done. is well done.